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CJ Anderson of New Zealand gave his team a perfect start for the new year by hitting fastest ODI century. Today on Jan-1,2014 Anderson bettered the record previously held by Shahid Afridi of Pakistan for a long time. In this innings of 131 runs he faced 8.3 overs and reached his century in just 36 deliveries. Thus he took one ball less than Afridi and made a new world record in one day cricket on the first day on the year 2014.
In the innings, CJ Anderson hit 16 sixes and 4 boundaries and recieved the man of the match award for his performance as well. Listed below are some of the quickest century makers in the ODI matches :

Player

Team

Balls

Runs

6s

4s

Scored
against

Match Played at

CJ Anderson

New Zealand

36

131*

14

6

West Indies

Queenstown

Shahid Afridi

Pakistan

37

102

11

6

Sri Lanka

Nairobi

MV Boucher

South Africa

44

147*

10

8

Zimbabwe

Potchefstroom

BC Lara

West Indies

45

117

4

18

Bangladesh

Dhaka

Shahid Afridi

Pakistan

45

102

9

10

India

Kanpur

JD Ryder

New Zealand

46

104

5

12

West Indies

Queenstown

ST Jayasuriya

Sri Lanka

48

134

11

11

Pakistan

Singapore

KJ O'Brien

Ireland

50

113

6

13

England

Bangalore

V Kohli

India

52

100*

7

8

Australia

Jaipur

Shahid Afridi

Pakistan

53

124

4

17

Bangladesh

Dambulla

ST Jayasuriya

Sri Lanka

55

130

6

16

Bangladesh

Karachi

JP Faulkner

Australia

57

116

6

11

India

Bangalore

AB de Villiers

SouthAfrica

58

102

3

11

India

Ahmedabad

V Sehwag

India

60

125*

6

14

New Zealand

Hamilton

The way cricket is being played these days this record might not hold for a long time. But would love if the records are not broken too frequently.